Anxiety and Depression in Psychiatric Patients and Mental Health Professionals During the COVID-19 pandemic (Depression and Anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic)

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Other
• If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study:
  Effect of community measures against a pandemic on mental health
• Data collection methods:
  Primary data collection

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cohort

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Depression

  Anxiety

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Patients with mental health disorders and mental health professionals who will be assessed at three consecutive timepoints (April, June and September 2020) at the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica (PHA) in Athens, Greece.
• Age groups:
  • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
  • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
  • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
  • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
  • Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  190

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  To investigate the effects of the containment measures against COVID-19 on the mental health of patients and mental health professionals at a Psychiatric Hospital.
• Outcomes:
  The investigation of the time X group interactions on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and on the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) scores which will be assessed prospectively at three time points (April, June and September 2020). The effects of demographic and clinical variables on BDI and BAI total and item scores.
• Data analysis plan:
  We will conduct an Analysis of Variance with Repeated Measures using the BDI and BAI scores.